Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:44:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Corrupt 3.3 CDROMs shipped Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.991021074222.9212A-100000@federation.addy.com> In-Reply-To: <33658.940493841@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > Seems that Walnut Creek shipped a batch of 3.3 packages that have a bad > > disk 1. In my case, they wouldn't boot and couldn't install at all. WC > > was aware of the problem and shipped me a replacement right away. > > Let me guess, you have an ATAPI CDROM drive, from which you couldn't > boot the CDROM? And you haven't read the 3.3-RELEASE Errata? Actually, it does boot about 1 time in 10. > If this is the case, please stop spreading partially accurate but > misleading information. "Corrupt" isn't a good choice of words. Is that > the word Walnut Creek used? The exact words were "We had a spindle of discs that got screwed up during replication." Corrupt sounds like a pretty good synopsis to me. Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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